Women in a Changing World

The main focuses of this work are gender inequalities in the academic elite of the University of Novi Sad. The analysis was based on empirical research (a questionnaire used for similar survey at the University in Oslo, Norway, and the University of Montenegro). The questionnaire was adapted to correspond to the situation in Serbia. The questions were redefined with the aid of female students of the Centre for Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Novi Sad. The available statistical data reported by the administrative services of the University and certain Faculties were also used. In this work, the academic elite is defined as persons in formal outstanding university positions (Rogg, 2003). We are aware of the limitations imposed by such a definition. These limitations are demonstrated by the fact that it excludes people in other academic positions, whose real and potential influence on scientific and educational processes at the University could be great. Nevertheless, we consider this definition useful in our attempts to answer the question of who is winning the competition for leadership at the university and its departments, and which type of prerequisites (or capital) qualifie